Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 10:25:59 -1000 From: kml@mathcs.emory.edu (Kevin Lahey) Message-Id: <456non$q6g@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu> Organization: Emory University, Dept of Math and CS Subject: PL buggy storage/transportation woes... I finally bit the bullet and bought a buggy! I've had it two days so far, and I've already had plenty o' fun. My problem, though, is that that the PL buggy is just a bit too big for my little car. What can I do? My immediate solution was to take the buggy apart at the junction of the two side pieces and the downtube (is there a standard nomenclature for all of this?). I don't mind the trouble of putting it back together again, but the instructions made a big deal about the order of assembly and about sliding the seat webbing up when attaching the sides to the downtube. Am I somehow harming my buggy by assembling it and disassembling it at this point, rather than taking it completely apart? I've talked to folks who put their buggies onto car-top racks, and that doesn't sound like a bad idea, but I'm not ready to spend $$$ on it so soon after buying the buggy. Most of the car-top bike racks I know of cost $250-$300. Is there a less expensive, more buggy-friendly option I'm missing? [Yeah, buying a bigger car is right out... :-)] Fly kite! Kevin -- kml@nas.nasa.gov kml@mathcs.emory.edu http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~kml/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 10:25:59 -1000 From: kml@mathcs.emory.edu (Kevin Lahey) Message-Id: <456non$q6g@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu> Organization: Emory University, Dept of Math and CS Subject: PL buggy storage/transportation woes... I finally bit the bullet and bought a buggy! I've had it two days so far, and I've already had plenty o' fun. My problem, though, is that that the PL buggy is just a bit too big for my little car. What can I do? My immediate solution was to take the buggy apart at the junction of the two side pieces and the downtube (is there a standard nomenclature for all of this?). I don't mind the trouble of putting it back together again, but the instructions made a big deal about the order of assembly and about sliding the seat webbing up when attaching the sides to the downtube. Am I somehow harming my buggy by assembling it and disassembling it at this point, rather than taking it completely apart? I've talked to folks who put their buggies onto car-top racks, and that doesn't sound like a bad idea, but I'm not ready to spend $$$ on it so soon after buying the buggy. Most of the car-top bike racks I know of cost $250-$300. Is there a less expensive, more buggy-friendly option I'm missing? [Yeah, buying a bigger car is right out... :-)] Fly kite! Kevin -- kml@nas.nasa.gov kml@mathcs.emory.edu http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~kml/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 20:30:05 -1000 From: andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie) Message-Id: Organization: /usr/lib/news/organisation Subject: Re: PL buggy storage/transportation woes... kml@mathcs.emory.edu (Kevin Lahey) writes: >I finally bit the bullet and bought a buggy! I've had it two days so >far, and I've already had plenty o' fun. My problem, though, is that >that the PL buggy is just a bit too big for my little car. What can I do? I find that a little surprising. I even managed to get it into the little Toyota 2-seater that I hired last time I was in the USA. Try putting the rear axle in first, but if it doesn't fit, it doesn't fit... >My immediate solution was to take the buggy apart at the junction of >the two side pieces and the downtube [...] >Am I somehow harming my buggy by assembling it and >disassembling it at this point, rather than taking it completely >apart? Nope. Part of the design of the 1-bolt construction at this point is precisely because it's the point where you want to take it apart. I've not read the instructions recently, but I suspect that they have discovered that customers find so many ingenious ways of incorrectly threading the seat and fitting things up-side-down that they explain it in copious detail. Check out http://www.kfs.org/kites/festivals/fano95 for a picture of a couple of experienced buggiers (Mr Jordan and Harris) proudly posing next to a buggy which they had just assembled, but but were blissfuly unaware was half up-side-down. (don't ask me why this picture taken at Berkeley is in my gallery of Fano...) Andrew -- New to rec.kites? START HERE! | To: www@kfs.org send an email message like this-> | Subject: service /-\ () >< () |\/| () >< () /-\ | http://www.kfs.org/kites/welcome 80+ chrs/line looks messy on many screens. Often too messy to bother reading. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 11:27:42 -1000 From: jburka@Glue.umd.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka) Message-Id: <45hcse$7o8@geog27.umd.edu> Organization: Project Glue, University of Maryland, College Park Subject: Re: PL buggy storage/transportation woes... In article , Andrew Beattie wrote: >Check out http://www.kfs.org/kites/festivals/fano95 for a picture of >a couple of experienced buggiers (Mr Jordan and Harris) proudly posing >next to a buggy which they had just assembled, but but were blissfuly >unaware was half up-side-down. (don't ask me why this picture taken >at Berkeley is in my gallery of Fano...) Hey, Andrew... Dunno who you think Harris is, but the other guy in the picture is our own dquad, Dave Arnold! (for those curious, the buggy in the picture has its front wheel/fork assembly mounted upside down) Jeff -- |Jeffrey C. Burka | Pithy, insightful quote to be inserted when one | |jburka@glue.umd.edu | occurs to me. *If* one occurs to me. | |http://www.wam.umd.edu/~jeffy/html/home.html | = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =